2. SEO vs PPC
Third parties
Moving up the ranks
The search engine market
Using customer feedback to improve your
performance
3. SEO vs PPC
SEO
Need to respond to search engine algorithm updates
PPC
Need to constantly review performance
Find a healthy balance
Investment of £££ in PPC
Investment of time in SEO
4. 3rd Parties
They have very large budgets for PPC and SEO
but do you;
Let them take your traffic?
OR
Do you take it back?
If you’re doing your own PPC or SEO, any 3rd parties
should have your brand as a ‘negative’ term
5. Moving up the ranks
Backlinks
Social media
Images (gift offers)
Bounce rates
Landing pages – keep it simple
8. Moving up the ranks
Make it mobile friendly
Avoid software that is not common on mobile devices,
like Flash
Use text that is readable without zooming
Size content to the screen so users don’t have to scroll
horizontally or zoom
Place links far enough apart so that the correct one can
be easily tapped
9. The search engine market
Google take 67% share, Bing/Yahoo, 29%
2015 the year of change?
Firefox now has Yahoo as its default search
engine
Google’s deal with Safari is almost up
11. Increase search results’ CTR
Increase rank in SEO results
Fresh, unique content
Increase site conversions
Consumers are more likely to make a purchase from a
site which has customer reviews
Increase renewal rates
Using customer feedback to improve
your performance
12. Search marketing top tips
Invest in SEO as well as PPC
Make it mobile friendly
Don’t forget about the other search engines
Customer feedback isn’t just about improving
customer service – use it to drive traffic
Editor's Notes
Dovetail re-direct site
What %age of all Dovetail hosted sites are mobile optimised?
21st April – affecting 13% of all searches (bigger than Penguin and Panda)
Responsive design
Consumers these days expect to be able to give feedback on their experience
Fixing the problem has a more positive effect on your relationship with your customer than not having had a problem at all